Anyone Know Why Hasegawa Hasn't Released Their F-111 Kits In A Long Time?

I think they released an F-111G a couple of years ago, in Australian markings..... Basically the same as the FB-111 kit, again if memory serves. Also, when the 111's were retired at Cannon, I think they released one in commerative markings.....

Don H.

A local hobby shop must have about a half dozen versions of it...but they want easily double the price of any other hasegawa kit they stock.They've been gathering dust in that place for at least 10 years and 2 relocations.

The "retirement" scheme boxing with the Statue of Liberty was incorrect, unfortunately. They used the F-111G (FB-111A) plastic for the kit, but the actual aircraft that carried that nose art was a F-111F.

Dave

Berkeley Hardware in Berkeley, CA still has the mid 1960's Revell version on the shelf, the one I built when I was around 7 yrs old.... Guess its not that popular???

I'm hoping that Trumpeter will do a 1/32 version..... that would be amazing....

Craig

The Hasegawa 1/72 F-111s were possibly the record holders for longest time between announcement and actual release. They were shown on the instruction sheets of 1960s Hasegawa kits, but didn't see the light of day until the eighties, IIRC. Jo Han is another contender with their long ago announced and as yet unreleased P-40B/C.

Tom

Yeah...I remember that! But they were worth waiting for.

Don H.

I sure built my share of those. I think I had a half dozen built and only two were Airfix's versions. I know one Navy vet who wasn't the happiest person to see my F-111B at the hobby shop.

In that scale you could put in motors to swing the wings. :)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Never mind motors, in that scale you'd be in danger of breaching START.

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